Supporting emerging artists is about more than opening doors – it is about making sure people know those doors exist in the first place. In this guest blog, New Perspectives Theatre Company’s Artistic Director, Angharad Jones, and Participation Director, Jayne Williams, reflect on their own journeys into the industry, the evolution of talent development across the East Midlands, and why creating accessible, sustainable pathways for the next generation of theatre-makers has never been more important. Drawing on personal experience and the success of New Perspectives’ New Associates programme, they explore how investment in artists today will shape the stories, voices…
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The Donmar Warehouse has revealed the cast for a revival of Harold Pinter’s masterpiece No Man’s Land, which will star Rupert Everett and Simon Russell Beale. The production reunites audiences with one of Pinter’s most enigmatic and darkly comic plays, examining memory, identity and the shifting line between truth and illusion through two ageing writers whose chance meeting turns into an unforgettable psychological encounter. The Donmar has built an outstanding reputation for pairing exceptional actors with intimate storytelling – No Man’s Land revisits one of the defining plays of the twentieth century with a cast sure to generate significant excitement…
Comedian Spencer Jones who will be taking his latest show DOGS to this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe shares his experience of Loneliness and how he found his own pack. I hear the front door slam downstairs. It’s the last noise of my family leaving, my kids to school, my partner to work. Kind of like my unofficial alarm. Bang. Now you’re on your own. Silence. We used to have a budgerigar that provided a gentle cacophony of tweets, squawks, and all sorts of little twitters, taking a rather eerily quiet house, and turning it into something that had life in…
The new Honor 600 Pro stands out as a surprisingly solid choice for anyone looking for a top-tier phone. Without getting bogged down in complicated “tech jargon”. It delivers a straightforward, reliable experience for the everyday user with plenty of on board storage which should keep you away from needing to sign up for cloud based storage subscriptions. The physical quality of the device becomes obvious the second it comes out of the box. It does not just look like a premium flagship. It genuinely feels like one. The glass back and metal frame give the Honor 600 Pro a…
Music: Terry Davies and Rodion Shchedrin (after Bizet) Director: Sir Matthew Bourne This is a magnificent film-noir style theatrical dance. Sir Matthew Bourne doesn’t like to describe his dance as ballet and is noted for disliking the use of technical balletic leaps and twirls for the sake of it. Consequently, the evening does feel less like a ballet and more like a piece of theatre – just one without words – a story told through dance, acting, mime, music, lighting and set design. The setting is an Italian-American community in a small 1960s mid-western town in the USA and is…
In Brighton Dome’s main space, built for the Prince Regent’s horses, is Patti Smith, a singular legend, whom you can’t imagine doing anything else but sing. A few metres away, in the neighbouring Corn Exchange, is Adam Buxton, whom you very much can. It’s a problem which blights the entire gig. Buxton, once of comedy duo Adam & Joe, and successful broadcaster and podcaster. For a very specific middle class demographic, he’s a national treasure: King of the Centrist Dads, with his silly little jingles and thoughtful, discursive interviews with the great, the good, and Helen Lewis. We see glimpses…
With the right tricks, tropes and narratives, can an audience and a self-dubbed romance scholar put together the perfect romantic comedy? It’s a question asked by Sarah Bradley in her show How To Write A Romcom at the Lantern Theatre. She reckons she has found the formula for the genre, but does she have the formula for a satisfying show? Bradley presents herself as the perfect romcom heroine. She’s clumsy, just turned 30, and ripe for a romance that will make her foot pop. In the absence of suitable suitors on the apps, she’s turned to creating a PowerPoint show…
The nominees for the landmark 50th anniversary of the Olivier Awards, held in partnership with Cunard, have been revealed, celebrating the best of London theatre across drama, musicals, dance and opera. The prestigious awards will culminate in a ceremony on 12 April 2026 at the Royal Albert Hall. The event will be hosted by comedian and actor Nick Mohammed and broadcast on television and radio by the BBC. This year’s nominations highlight a strong mix of major revivals, new writing and large scale musical productions. Among the contenders for Best New Musical are Here We Are, featuring music and lyrics…